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Carrollton, Texas, United States
Welcome to my blog! My name is Beth Carpenter! I am a 2nd grade teacher at Coyote Ridge Elementary. I majored in Early Childhood Education and have taught for 22 years. I have taught grades K- 3 which gives me a unique ability to know where my second graders fit within those grades. Teaching is more than a profession to me, it is a calling. I love to help light the fire of curiosity to help all my students become lifelong learners!

Schedule

Math 8:00-9:30 Brain Break 9:30-9:40 Enrichment 9:40-10:30 Guided Reading 10:30-11:30 Lunch 11:30-12:00 Writer's Workshop 12:00- 1:00 Recess 1:00-1:30 Reading/Social Studies 1:30-2:00 Science 2:00-2:50 Pack/Stack/Dismiss 2:50-3:00

Friday, February 9, 2018

Week 21

Dear Parents,
                     It was so nice to get back to our normal routine! In math this week we began money! Most of the class is picking up the strategies of counting money very quickly. I sent home a homework page this week so that you can see how we are teaching it. The children order the coins from greatest to least. They then write the values on the coins. They count up underneath each coin as they add the values. On Friday we practiced all the ways to make 100 with our coins.
                      In Language we wrote our middle of year writing sample to be scored by the district rubric. We then worked on a persuasive brochure that incorporated our swim week. The children were to persuade the first graders the importance of the water safety and swimming course through pictures, captions, and writing on a brochure.
                      In reading we read about the Winter Olympics, and this years team from the USA. We were gearing up our research skills as we found the difference between an important fact and an interesting idea.
                       In science we continued to learn about natural and manmade resources. They were given a homework page that asked them to look where items around their house were made. They learned  a $20 bonus for bringing this back.
                      In social studies we are learning all about economics: producers, consumers, goods, services, income and bartering are all vocabulary terms we are learning. The fact that they are earning money for their efforts at school has got them thinking about what it means to earn a living.
                      Friday is the 100th day of school. We did many fun activities to go along with this theme from counting 100 cents to writing about when we turn 100 and eating the 100th day snack that your child counted out themselves. Ten pieces of ten different items to make the snack. Of course there was plenty left over so they could refill their bags.

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